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BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A gonorrhea medicine used since the 1930s has shown an ability to halt the growth of blood vessels in cancerous tumors, scientists in Maryland say.

LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A group of British scientists is asking the government to respect the independence of scientific advisers and protect them from political interference.

HONOLULU, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- New lava flows from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano have reached the ocean, creating a new lava tube separate from the main tube, geologists said.

BILBAO, Spain, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A new hadrosaur, or duck-billed dinosaur, has been discovered in Huesca, Spain, scientists at the University of Basque Country said.

DELFT, Netherlands, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Tapered devices -- boat tails -- fitted on the rear of trucks can reduce fuel consumption by as much as 7.5 percent, scientists in the Netherlands said.

BERKELEY, Calif., Nov. 6 (UPI) -- An exploding star known as SN2002bj could be a new class of supernova that resulted in a true thermonuclear explosion, a California researcher said.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Despite their long fangs, male saber-toothed tigers may have been less aggressive than other big cats of their time, researchers in California said.

LONDON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- At least 1,000 members of a remote tribe in the Amazon region in Venezuela have been infected with H1N1 flu and seven have died, Survival International says.

TRIESTE, Italy, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Italian scientists say CAT scans have helped them uncover an "inner statue" under one of the world's best-known faces, the bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt.

SCITUATE, Mass., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- A study of whale-watching boats visiting Stellwagen Bank from Massachusetts ports found all of them exceeding voluntary speed limits.

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WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the nationwide recall of Dentley's-brand beef hooves sold by PetSmart stores due to possible contamination.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 5 (UPI) -- University of Michigan scientists say they have developed new molecular tools that hold promise in Alzheimer's disease treatment.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning about a sexual enhancement dietary supplement found to be contaminated.